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Always was. Always will be. Abolitionist Naarm đłïžâđ
What should be an unimaginably dark fiction is all too real.
#LatinoUSA
#Salvador
#Aborto
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From Pregnancy to Murder Charge: Living Under a Total Abortion Ban - Latino USA
She was in labor, fainted, and woke up in handcuffs. In El Salvador, nearly 200 women have been incarcerated in the last 26 years after having obstetric emergencies, like miscarriages and stillbirths...
https://omny.fm/shows/latino-usa/from-pregnancy-to-murder-charge-living-under-a-total-abortion-ban-1
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Conrad Hackett
19 days ago
Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity 2004: A year 2010: ~ a month 2015: ~ a week Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
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El hilo
21 days ago
En MĂ©xico el aborto estĂĄ despenalizado a nivel federal desde 2021. Sin embargo, decenas de mujeres siguen enfrentando condenas de hasta 60 años de cĂĄrcel. ÂżEl motivo? Emergencias obstĂ©tricas que las autoridades clasifican como homicidios. đ§ Escucha:
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Daniel James
21 days ago
I was surprised by how moved I was when treaty legislation entered parliament this week. But when I step and think about it, my reaction was understandable. What a moment!
www.thespencerstreetend.com.au/p/this-is-ho...
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Treaty: This is how we get over it
Finding ourselves in the story of this land, together.
https://www.thespencerstreetend.com.au/p/this-is-how-we-get-over-it
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I guess she thinks sheâs the real victim in all of this? via
@thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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A note on Linda Reynolds
A brief list of things that can be said about Linda Reynolds without defaming herâŠ
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/editorial/2025/08/30/note-linda-reynolds
about 1 month ago
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Great series of reports from
@australia.theguardian.com
. Hits home on the need for truth-telling and for learning and confronting the reality of the actual history of Australia.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
about 2 months ago
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Interesting story about Texas Tribal Buffalo Project, its founder Lipan Apache leader Lucille Contreras, and the importance of buffalo and Indigenous foodways and culture.
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2 months ago
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Just getting around to this episode of
#LatinoUSA
. Another great story from Maria Garcia, looking at how Soraya reflects back on society.
#podcast
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What Our Favorite Telenovela Villain Reveals About Human Evolution - Latino USA
Decades after her debut, Soraya Montenegro remains an iconic telenovela villain. In this episode, we unpack her lasting impactâand what it reveals about villainy, womanhood, and human evolution.
https://www.latinousa.org/2025/07/20/telenovelavillain/
2 months ago
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Guardian Australia
3 months ago
This Jurassic-era relic has survived 150 million years on Earth â now itâs one big fire from extinction
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This Jurassic-era relic has survived 150 million years on Earth â now itâs one big fire from extinction
Australian scientists say assassin spiders are a âwindow into the pastâ â and many invertebrates face a similarly precarious situation For the last five weeks, Jane Ogilvie has searched a patch of dense shrub shaded by sugar gums on Kangaroo Island in South Australia for a surviving relic from 150m years ago. The critically endangered Kangaroo Island assassin spiderâs only known home is in the north-west of the island, where this Jurassic-era spider hides out in moist clumps of leaf litter. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/18/kangaroo-island-assassin-spiders-critically-endangered-bushfires-habitat-invertebrates?CMP=aus_bsky
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Guardian Australia
3 months ago
Native title win for Millewa-Mallee First Nations peoples after decades-long fight
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Native title win for Millewa-Mallee First Nations peoples after decades-long fight
Historic decision in federal court gives traditional owners in northwest Victoria the right to control access to their country * Sign up for Guardian Australiaâs breaking news email After a difficult journey spanning more than two decades, traditional owners say theyâve âweathered the stormâ to finally have their native title rights recognised. The federal court on Friday awarded the historic native title determination to the Indigenous peoples of the Millewa-Mallee from northwest Victoria, for the first time granting exclusive native title rights in the state. Sign up for Guardian Australiaâs breaking news email Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/18/native-title-win-for-millewa-mallee-first-nations-peoples-after-decades-long-fight?CMP=aus_bsky
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Renew Economy
3 months ago
Australiaâs outdated grid rules are forcing farmers to buy expensive power from the grid for one part of their property, while getting tuppence for solar exports from other parts.
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Gridlocked: The ridiculous rules that trap farmers and their solar systems behind their own fences
Australiaâs outdated grid rules are forcing farmers to buy expensive power from the grid for one part of their property, while getting tuppence for solar exports from other parts.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/gridlocked-the-ridiculous-rules-that-trap-farmers-and-their-solar-systems-behind-their-own-fences/
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Renew Economy
3 months ago
Researchers in Darwin added First Nations seasonal calendars to solar irradiance forecasting and came up with some vastly improved results.
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First Nations calendars boost solar forecasting accuracy by up to 26 pct, study finds
Researchers in Darwin added First Nations seasonal calendars to solar irradiance forecasting and came up with some vastly improved results.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/first-nations-calendars-boost-solar-forecasting-accuracy-by-up-to-26-pct-study-finds/
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And the current head of this gang has denied there was any racism within. Wholesale change is required but will that happen and anything actually change? I think we know the answer.
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3 months ago
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Australian Indigenous languages are 9% of all critically endangered ones. âLanguage is..the carrier of cultural stories & ways of life. It tells you who you are & where you came from. It connects you in a direct line to ancestors. Itâs nourishment for the soul.â via
@nicolechvastek.bsky.social
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MÄori stolen words, stolen identity ... - THE POLITICS
But it's not just NZ's First Nations peoples who were robbed of their heritage. One of the worldâs fastest rates of loss of language is in Australia.
https://thepolitics.com.au/maoris-stolen-words-stolen-identity/
3 months ago
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Just discovered, thankfully, Pearl Tanâs podcast. Itâs hard to believe this is fictional, the discussions and heartache is so real. A definite must listen!
#podcasts
#PearlTan
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Diversity Work
Drama Podcast · Weekly Series · A fictional podcast about a diverse television writers room trying to tick all the diversity boxes at once. Accolades include:* Webby Awards: Winner of Webby Award & W...
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/diversity-work/id1711026643
3 months ago
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Still broken. No real consequences and no real change when the exact opposite is needed for this life saving program. via
@thesaturdaypaper.com.au
#NDIA
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Exclusive: NDIA chief intervened to throw advocate off scheme
Internal emails show the National Disability Insurance Agency rushed to withdraw access for a disabled person whose funding was criticised on talkback radio, only to reinstate it 10 months later.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/2025/07/05/exclusive-ndia-chief-intervened-throw-advocate-scheme?utm_source=bsky
3 months ago
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Renew Economy
3 months ago
Developing a value-adding green iron industry in Australia is a clear path forward to replace the inevitable loss of GDP as our fossil fuel exports progressively, but inevitably decline.
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As coal crumbles, failure to pivot to green iron risks halving Australian export revenues
Developing a value-adding green iron industry in Australia is a clear path forward to replace the inevitable loss of GDP as our fossil fuel exports progressively, but inevitably decline.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/as-coal-crumbles-failure-to-pivot-to-green-iron-risks-halving-australian-export-revenues/
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Coming to terms with and learning the real and dark history of what happened is such an important step. Letâs hope real, meaningful, and systemic change now comes from this.
#yoorrook
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3 months ago
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Unhinged. US society is just fine. Nothing to worry about. via
@stephensemler.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Alistair Kitchen
4 months ago
Hi everyone I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
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Some needed good news. Selling more and selling bigger batteries. via
@reneweconomy.com.au
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Home battery sales outpace new solar systems for first time ever, in sign of boom to come
For the first time ever, more battery systems were sold than PV systems in May 2025 â an extraordinary milestone. And home battery sizes are booming too.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/home-battery-sales-outpace-new-solar-systems-for-first-time-ever-in-sign-of-boom-to-come/
4 months ago
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Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers âoverwhelmedâ
Exclusive: Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/05/breakthrough-in-search-for-hiv-cure-leaves-researchers-overwhelmed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
4 months ago
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Not surprising but still so hugely disappointing and heartbreaking.
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4 months ago
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Letâs not forget Mt Vernon and Monticello.
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From Nottoway To Monticello,15 Slave Plantations With Brutal Backstories
Nottoway Plantation just burned down, so we're looking into its history and other plantations where the most brutal chattel slavery occurred.
https://www.theroot.com/from-nottoway-to-monticello-15-slave-plantations-with-1851781155
4 months ago
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âHe was disabled and on the NDIS. He was hungry. He was under state guardianship - under the care and protection of the Minister. And it was the state that killed him⊠This was a lethal police intervention - one that reflects the everyday brutality of policing in this country.â
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4 months ago
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Parents for Climate
5 months ago
Here it is, finally. The truth. In a landmark
#greenwashing
legal case brought by
@parentsforclimate.bsky.social
,
#EnergyAustralia
has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon
#offsetting
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#poodles
5 months ago
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Some good news even if too slow
#firstnation
#aboriginal
#australia
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Wakaya and Alyawarre Traditional Owners officially handed back land after more than 40 years
The Wakaya and Alyawarre peoples of the Barkly region in the NT have celebrated the finalisation of their land claim, which was lodged in 1980.
https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/wakaya-and-alyawarre-traditional-owners-officially-handed-back-land-after-more-than-40-years/xbdh3ydph
5 months ago
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The Shovel
6 months ago
âNothing makes you look stronger than saying youâre definitely not going to back down on Monday, and then dramatically backing down on Wednesday"
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"Art of the Deal" To Include New Chapter on How To Shit Your Pants and Fold After One Day â The Shovel
âNothing makes you look stronger than saying youâre definitely not going to back down on Monday, and then dramatically backing down on Wednesday"
https://theshovel.com.au/2025/04/10/art-of-the-deal-to-include-new-chapter/
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#yoorrook
#truthtelling
#australia
#firstpeoples
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Uncovering the truth about Australiaâs violent past | Four Corners
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
https://youtu.be/GVswTe8rr4w
6 months ago
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This popped up in a playlist the other day. Classic dance track but tell me you donât hear meatballs in the chorus. The song will never be the same.
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Inner City - Big Fun (Classic: House, Techno, 1988)
YouTube video by Soul Damn Funky
https://youtu.be/aNwhGeu9Jv0
7 months ago
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The Australia Institute
7 months ago
The bottom 90% have got just 7% of economic growth from 2009 to 2019. The top 10% got 93%. Our research shows inequality has been supercharged in the last 20 years, and it will only get worse unless we fix it. A super profits tax is a good start, and cracking down on tax rorts.
#auspol
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10,374 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people were killed by colonists. About half of all massacres were carried out by police and other government agents. Many others were perpetrated by settlers acting with tacit approval of the state.
@australia.theguardian.com
#frontierwars
#history
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More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australiaâs frontier wars, final massacre map shows
âHorrendousâ eight-year long project has ended with final fact check, leaving a legacy ânobody can argueâ with, says researcher
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/23/more-than-10000-first-nations-people-killed-in-australias-frontier-wars-final-massacre-map-shows-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
7 months ago
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Turikina Truwala at the foothills of Kunyani on Lutruwita â„ïž
#abcindigenous
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This Place | Palawa Kani
YouTube video by ABC Indigenous
https://youtu.be/WbP4ibdc9gk
7 months ago
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George Wallace
8 months ago
If you think it's time to open the living room up to some folks, we've got a show for you. "Clean Slate" on
@primevideo.bsky.social
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Powerful voice. Great video. via
@aljazeera.com
#SylviaWynter
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Sylvia Wynter: Beyond man | DigiDocs
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
https://youtu.be/WufVxu6EYao
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Diego Ortega
8 months ago
đ§”2020 in Paleontology In 2020 I worked on a series of drawings to depict the new species described in paleontology during that year. I will list them in this thread
#FossilFriday
#Paleoart
#SciArt
#Paleontology
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đ Such a fantastic show. And that last episode!
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8 months ago
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Tristeza pero tanto amor por el podcast. No lo creoâŠalmost 9 years. So much good music. Gracias
@miriamzperez.bsky.social
& VerĂłnica!
#RadioMenea
#podcast
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Radio Menea
Two Latinx friends. Wildly different music tastes. Each week they bring you mĂșsica from the Latinx / Latina / Latino artists they love. Hosted by Miriam Zoila PĂ©rez & VerĂłnica Bayetti Flores.
https://pca.st/podcast/e6122fe0-d902-0133-2e9f-6dc413d6d41d
8 months ago
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"âŠwe need to focus on primary health-based and social supports that address the underlying socio-cultural, emotional and economic causes of offending behaviour by vulnerable and at risk children."
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Australia spends a billion dollars a year on locking up children - with no evidence it makes society safer â NITV
Data from the Productivity Commission shows First Nations kids as young as 10 are much more likely than other children to be behind bars.
https://apple.news/AG7fHJ-G0SSCVKuj8HqcPGg
8 months ago
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Social Security Works
8 months ago
Alex Lawson: There are proposals from Republican congress members to cut $2.3 trillion from Medicaid. And let me be clear about what that would do: It would destroy Medicaid. It wouldn't do anything to fight inflation. It wouldn't bring anybody's prices down. It would just steal people's health care
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Dannie D đŠ
8 months ago
My DEI money will be spent in DEI spaces.
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The truth of our history does matter.
#dayofmourning
#changethedate
#australia
youtu.be/2G4u89_jnfE
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The history of January 26 explained. A Day of Mourning for some, and celebration for others | NITV
YouTube video by NITV
https://youtu.be/2G4u89_jnfE
8 months ago
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Al Jazeera English
9 months ago
A ceasefire agreement has been announced between Israel and Hamas, but what will displaced Palestinians come back to? We look at whatâs left of Gaza and its people
aje.io/l2jnor
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@ajplus.net
@aljazeera.com
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Al Jazeeraâs I-Unit identified Israeli soldiers who posted possible war crimes on social media
YouTube video by AJ+
https://youtube.com/shorts/0SW_UhTRExg?si=OWplnHjgNbD5PHVm
9 months ago
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So many things but why is the system setup to allow guards to deprive human beings of water?!
@australia.theguardian.com
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In agony, Simon begged for water 19 times. Guards mocked him â then found him dead
Severely mentally ill, Simon Cartwright should never have been in Sydneyâs Silverwater jail. A medical check could have saved him. âIt was torture,â his family says
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/22/in-agony-simon-cartwright-begged-for-water-19-times-guards-mocked-him-then-found-him-gone-silverwater-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
10 months ago
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Atlanta Justice Alliance
10 months ago
I wish I could say I was shocked.
#Amazon
can get fucked.
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10 months ago
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History and context and showcasing WEB Du Bois. Excellent short from
@aljazeera.com
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Du Bois: The Power of Double Consciousness | DigiDocs
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
https://youtu.be/BNoRIvJJKBY
10 months ago
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MEANS TV
10 months ago
Under settler colonial states like Israel, its not just the land that gets stolen. Itâs food too. Watch the latest from
@mondoweiss.net
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means.tv/programs/mon...
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